Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:29:54 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: a serious error in sched_ule.c? Message-ID: <xzpwu5tpxvh.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <200403091201.23665.wes@softweyr.com> (Wes Peters's message of "Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:01:23 -0800") References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040309113959.26895J-100000@fledge.watson.org> <200403091201.23665.wes@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> writes: > One of the classic trade-offs in making a 'server' vs. 'workstation' > operating system. Workstations require a strong preference for > interactive over background tasks so the interactive tasks will > remain responsive, especially in terms of heavily event-driven tasks > like graphical UIs. For a true server, where interactive tasks are > not the norm, this preference may be counter-productive. Umm, remember that "interactive" here means "performs I/O", even if that I/O is a database lookup or a TCP connection. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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